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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: Elegant Multiplicative Palindromes
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Technically there are an infinite number of these, but they aren't that easy to find. An interesting one is multiplying a series of 1's with itself, for example: 1*1=1, and 11*11 = 121. This scales up to nine 1's:. I call this 'elegant' as not only is it a palindrome. Numeral system (a positional numeral system. On a related note, many cultures did not use the base ten system such as the Maya. Brett A. Becker.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: Super(s/c)ede
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Friday, July 15, 2011. Has occurred as a spelling variant of supersede. Since the 17th century, and it is common in current published writing. It continues, however, to be widely regarded as an error. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brett A. Becker. Same Frequency Different Wavelength. Would You Rather Stand or Sit? Or, What Do Sport Commentators and Till/Checkout Clerks Have in Common? How are important are you?
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: Port Red Left
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Thursday, May 16, 2013. Comes from Old English steorbord. Literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered, descendant from the Old Norse words stýri. Meaning "rudder" (from the verb stýra. Literally "being at the helm", "having a hand in") and bor. The starboard side of a ship is indicated by a green light. A ship that is out on the ocean has "left port". The sailor left port with a red nose. The phrase "Any red port left.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: November 2013
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Sunday, November 10, 2013. Confounded by UK placenames? There are the 'Fords'. And the '-on-', '-under-', '-whatever-' places. Forget what these names mean, the biggest question is often How do you pronounce these places? It's apparently all down to the schwa. What is a ‘schwa’ or neutral vowel? What is a ‘schwa’ or neutral vowel? What is a ‘schwa’ or neutral vowel? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brett A. Becker.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: Magnum P.I. - Where nobody knows your name
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Sunday, September 11, 2011. Magnum P.I. - Where nobody knows your name. None of the main characters of Magnum, P.I. Were referred to by their first names*, and many other characters were referred to by nicknames as well. Magnum" - really Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV. *T.C. would refer to Magnum as Thomas, and was the only regular cast member to do so. TC" - really Thodore Calvin. Extra fact - Ted Danson, Star of Cheers.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: October 2013
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Sunday, October 6, 2013. Useless Definition of the quarter:. Mathematics and Measurements / Statistics) (of several distributions) having different variances. Mathematics and Measurements / Statistics) (of a bivariate or multivariate distribution) not having any variable whose variance is the same for all values of the other or others. A scattering, dispersal]. From: www.thefreedictionary.com. Examples, from www.wikipedia.org.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: 145 = 1! + 4! + 5!
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. 120 24 1 = 145. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brett A. Becker. Same Frequency Different Wavelength. Would You Rather Stand or Sit? Or, What Do Sport Commentators and Till/Checkout Clerks Have in Common? Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: Rice
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Rice accounts for 20% of all calories consumed by humans. Smith, Bruce D. The Emergence of Agriculture. Scientific American Library, A Division of HPHLP, New York, 1998. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brett A. Becker. Same Frequency Different Wavelength. Would You Rather Stand or Sit? Or, What Do Sport Commentators and Till/Checkout Clerks Have in Common? Spaghettification (Not a Red Hot Chili Peppers Alb.
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: Mandy, You're a Fine Girl - What a Good Wife You Would Be
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Saturday, January 31, 2015. Mandy, You're a Fine Girl - What a Good Wife You Would Be. S famous song Mandy. Was penned and recorded by Scott English as "Brandy", which was a hit in the UK in 1971. Brandy was changed to Mandy when Manilow released it in the US to avoid confusion with the hit Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass. A Rutgers University fraternity band. Which brings me on to an article. Incidentally, Barry Manilow ...
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day: The World's First Legonaut 26/1/2012
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UFOD - Useless Fact of the Day. A useless fact, more like every month. Friday, January 27, 2012. The World's First Legonaut 26/1/2012. A Lego man holding a Canadian flag has been sent into space by two high school students from Toronto, Canada. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both 17, attached the legonaut and four cameras to a helium balloon that went up 80,000 feet into the air, the Toronto Star reported. The pair assembled a styrofoam box to carry the cameras, and produced a rip-stop nylon parachute that...
